Master of Strange Dao

"Yet I wanted to see why he was insistent on forcing me to leave, and what would happen after I left, angry and humiliated."

"Will someone come to attack you, Young Master? Should I find someone?" Cece had already taken out something, ready to call for help.

"No need, I think it might have little to do with us. Perhaps because of what is about to happen in Dali's Imperial City, I will become a variable, and he doesn't want me to stay in Dali's Imperial City.

Initially, I was puzzled about how a mere Fifth Tier Body Cultivator like me could have any impact.

Now, I'm starting to guess a bit, let's see first.

If someone takes action against us, then the matter is significant, and there may be more things for us to do.

If not, then it has nothing to do with us, we might just inadvertently affect something."

"Is it Young Master who might have an impact?" Cece shook her head, doubting they could affect the significant figures in Dali.

"No, it's us, the hungry ghosts; this is the only thing I can think of. It seems the timing I've chosen is somewhat perfect; releasing a batch of sweet rain at this moment has displeased some people, seemingly ruining certain matters inadvertently."

Speaking of this, Yu Ziqing felt a little amused. Ye Jiuyuan's behavior indeed had a hint of anger and shame.

Yu Ziqing naturally responded as expected. Otherwise, having just arrived in Dali's Imperial City and being driven away instantly without doing anything would make him seem easily bullied, so he got angry and prohibited the Shadow Department from removing the Devil Thought, which was reasonable.

By now, this matter surely had spread.

Let's probe things a bit; anyway, there was essentially no sweet rain outside before this, so Yu Ziqing decided to resume things to their original state on a small scale initially.

If Ye Jiuyuan didn't do anything further, then he was right; Ye Jiuyuan just wanted this state.

If Ye Jiuyuan continued to do things that would anger him, then it indicated that his assumptions about the scope were incorrect.

Yu Ziqing, along with Cece, hadn't left Dali's Imperial City more than a thousand miles when they reached Dali's western area and suddenly saw a divine light flashing in mid-air.

In an instant, their surrounding environment changed drastically.

Everywhere around was rolling yellow sand, and eight massive steles emerged from the sand sea in all directions.

A fellow with a metallic mask stood on one of the steles, overlooking Yu Ziqing and Cece below.

"Young Master Qing, I must trouble you to stay here for a while.

Save your energy; this Eight-direction Sand Sea Array is refined with a blessed land inside, best at dissolving force.

You can't get out, nor can you send messages; this place is no longer where you were standing just now."

Yu Ziqing looked at the person and grinned.

"Cece, look, this fellow has come, hasn't he?"

Yu Ziqing looked at the masked person, and his Yin God also opened its eyes.

Observing him, Yu Ziqing memorized his aura and the fluctuation of power, filling in the missing parts at that time.

It was him, absolutely no mistake.

After staring at the man for a few moments, Yu Ziqing suddenly said,

"Isn't this the guy who claims to like being a dog, considering it an honor to be someone else's dog?

What, after such a long time, who are you being a dog for now?

Daring to show up before me now, you really aren't afraid of death, are you?"

Upon hearing Yu Ziqing's words, a fluctuation in aura appeared around the metallic masked person immediately.

"Young Master Qing, spare me your words; just stay here obediently.

I don't wish to kill you, so don't force me.

In a year, this big array will naturally disperse, and then you can leave."

"Last time, you handed me over to the White Sun Evil Dao, wasn't it to kill me?

Now, saying this, do you expect that was just a misunderstanding?"

"Times have changed. Farewell."

After tossing out that sentence, he prepared to leave.

Yu Ziqing quickly added,

"Being a dog for Ye Jiuyuan's dog, is that interesting?"

The man hesitated, barely noticeably, and then disappeared.

Yu Ziqing flicked his fingers, a bit of power flew out, sinking into the hundred-zhang tall stele, and the power disappeared soundlessly, then re-emerged from another stele.

The power shot into the gaps between the steles would also return to the sand sea from other directions.

This was a typical trapping array, just meant to confine him.

Yu Ziqing didn't struggle immediately, knowing that the opponent took action, certain to be confident.

After exchanging a few sentences, he confirmed quite a few things.

First, this guy was the one who captured him last time and had become significantly stronger.

Second, he seemed very sensitive to being cursed as a dog, just like last time.

Third, he dared not kill him now or presently, as killing him would be more harm than good.

Fourth, he was likely related to Ye Jiuyuan, or otherwise, he wouldn't have prepared so quickly.

Yu Ziqing's knowledge wasn't extensive, but he understood that this trap array, once set, was difficult to move.

Moreover, it wasn't composed of an Array Plate and Array Flag, unable to be quickly set up, requiring at least a day to arrange.

That meant when Ye Jiuyuan came to find him, setting up had already commenced.

A trap array stretching hundreds of miles lay on the road he must take to the west, obviously pre-emptively set.

"We might as well wait here first and see what they truly intend to do, wishing me not to meddle."

Yu Ziqing handed some food bought earlier in Dali's Imperial City to Cece, and the two sat on the sand, eating heartily.

Yu Ziqing smirked, what else could it be; he probably already guessed the scope.

They did not want him to meddle because he had the ability to influence matters.

They didn't wish to kill him because it would do more harm than good.

Yet, they sought to trap him, surely until the dust settled when he could influence matters.

Undoubtedly, this involved the Shadow Department.

His actions in returning the Shadow Department to a state akin to having no sweet rain on hand immediately led people to trap him.

Saying this had nothing to do with Ye Jiuyuan, Yu Ziqing surely wouldn't believe it.

Unfortunately, those silly folks misunderstood.

When he just had Cece return to notify, crushing a jade scroll casually, it was just an ordinary jade scroll, not a Communication Jade Scroll.

It was a minor probe, and even the person wearing the metallic mask emerged.

How impatient they were.

Regardless of their plans, as long as it involved the Devil or the hungry ghosts, there was an eighty percent chance they wouldn't succeed.